A petition for review is filed by a non-citizen appealing an agency decision in a U.S. Court of Appeals. In the immigration context, a petition for review is filed to seek review by a federal court of appeals of a removal, deportation or exclusion order issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”).

In addition, a petition for review may be filed to appeal a removal order issued by ICE under a few very limited specific provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), one of them being removability under the Visa Waiver Program.